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Patented May 23, 1882.

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H. O. WITHERELL.

MII'ITEN. N0'. 258,337.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERMON O. WITHERELL, OF -ELKHART, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR TO THE EAGLE KNITTING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

MITTEN.

SPECIFICATION `forming part of Letters Patent No. 258,337, dated May 23, 1882. Application led March 1, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, HERMON O. WITHER- ELL, a citizen of the'United States, residing at Elkhart, in the county of Elkhart and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mittens, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to the improvementof mittens made of knitted fabric, and in particular does it relate to that class of such mittens which have the hand and wrist portion made two-ply or double, and which are designed to be faced with leather, cloth, or other suitable material.

The object of my invention is toprovide init tens of knitted fabric which can be readily and cheaply made, which shall at the same time be warm and serviceable, and which shall not be liable while in use to slip from the hands ofthe wearer. This object of my` invention I accomplish by the following method of manufacture:

The outsides of the mittens are huit as a continuons web or tube upon what is commonly known as a one and one rib machine. The parts of the web -or tube which are to form the wrist portions are made narrower than the body or hand portions; and in order that a double thickness may be given to these wrist portions the contracted parts of the web or tube are knit twice the required length of `the nished wrist portions, so that so muchas may be necessary may be folded inward. To the upper edge of the inner fold of the two-ply wrist I attach, by looping or otherwise, the lining previously knit in a plain continuons web, with th um b-stall i ntegral therewith. The thumb-stall ot' this lining projects through a suitable opening cut for such purpose in the body of the mitten, the raw edges ot'such opening being fastened down around the same by stitching or in any other suitable way, and the thumb-stall, when thus formed of a single thickness, covered in the usual manner, while warm, is not clumsy or unwieldy, as is the case where a twoply covered thumb-stall is noa-de. The upper edges of the body and lining are now to be trimmed to the desired length and shape and to be fastened by looping, stitching, or otherwise, and a facing of leather, cloth, or

other suitable material is to be applied to the mittens in the usual manner.

1t is to be noted that by constructing the wrist portion ot' the mitten in the manner described it will not only be very warm, but also, being highly elastic, will fit snugly to the wrist of the wearer, and thus effectually serve to retain the mitten upon the hand.

Referring now'tofthe accompanying draw. ings, forming part of this specification, Figure l represents a front or palm` view of my improved mitten, the usual facing being removed and the double wrist portion being unfolded for the purpose of better illustration. Fig. 2 represents a back view of my mitten with facing attached, a portion being broken away and a portion turned back. Fig. 3 represents a longitudinal sectional view of the. twoply wrist portion of the mitten with a lining applied.

A designates the body or hand portion, integrall with which is formed, as above described, the wrist portion, consisting ot' the contracted elastic folds B and B', one within the other. To the upper edge of the fold B the lining O is attached, having the thulnbstall D formed thereon to be covered by the portion D' ot' the facing E. As stated above, the upperv ends ofthe body A and of the lining D are. suitably fastened together, and the facing E is attached to the body A in the usual manner.

Having thus described my invention, what l claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A mitten composed of a hand portion provided with a thumb-opening cut therein, a double contracted wrist portion formed integral with said hand portion, and an attached lining provided with a thumb-stall, substantially as described.

2. A knitted mitten formed from a continnous web and having a whipped or stitched end and a double contracted wrist portion, and provided with an attached lining and facing, substantially as described.

HERMON O. WITHERELL.

Witnesses:

E. C. BreKEL, J. M. HUGHES. 

